Video: Great Aslan: lion from 4000 metal plates of Selcuk Yilmaz (Sel ç uk Y ı lmaz)
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In the metal lion of the Turkish artist and sculptor, everything is beautiful: the plasticity of the sculptural forms, and the expressiveness, and the difference in textures, and even the picturesque stains on the surface of the plates. Anton Pavlovich would approve.
The handsome Aslan (which means lion in many Turkic languages), crafted from about 4,000 pieces of sheet metal, is a recent creation by the artist and sculptor Selçuk Yılmaz, who lives and works in Istanbul.
It took Yılmaz ten months to create this graceful, highly detailed sculpture. For almost a whole year, the sculptor manually carved, shaped and fitted each metal plate to each other: from large and heavy body parts to narrow stripes on the tail and head of the lion. The work, to put it mildly, is not easy and, as Yilmaz himself jokingly comments on, requires patience and a willingness to experience pain from time to time. The sculpture turned out to be majestic, and not only in terms of emotional expressiveness, but also in size. The finished kitty is taller than its author and weighs a quarter of a ton.
Although the sculptor prefers not to supply his work with lengthy descriptions, the thought of an allusion to the Chronicles of Narnia by Clive Lewis suggests itself. The great Leo Aslan is the central character of the cycle. He is the only character to appear in all the books. Although Christian parallels in the Chronicles are a subject of heated debate, Jesus Christ is usually considered the prototype of Aslan.
“- Aslan, You have become bigger! - Because you have grown, my child. - Not because You?” - No. But as you grow up every year, you will see Me more."
Clive Lewis, "Prince Caspian"
“- Ah, Aslan, - said Lucy, - how to get to your country from our world? - I will teach you this all my life, - Aslan answered. - Now I will not say whether the path is long or short, just know that it crosses the river. But fear not, I am the great Bridge Builder."
Clive Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, or Voyage to the End of the World
“- Do you visit us too? -Of course, dear. Only there I am called differently. Learn to recognize me by any name. That's why you've been to Narnia."
Clive Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, or Voyage to the End of the World
Meanwhile, in the Scottish town of Falkirk, the metal horses The Kelpies The Kelpies welcome sailors and tourists.
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